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'''Michael Mealling''' ([[1969]] | '''Michael Mealling''' (b. [[1969]]) is a former Director of the Moon Society and the author of multiple [http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html RFC]s. | ||
He | He is CFO and Vice President of Business Development of Masten Space Systems and [http://rocketforge.org/ operates a blog site] called Rocketforge. | ||
As part of his efforts to get to a place where he can be free, he spent several years with the [http://asi.org Artemis Society], where he served for a time as president, and [http://moonsociety.org The Moon Society] where he served for a time on the board of directors. | Michael has twice been interviewed on [http://www.thespaceshow.com The Space Show]. | ||
==Space== | |||
As part of his efforts to get to a place where he can be free, he spent several years with the [http://asi.org Artemis Society], where he served for a time as president, and [http://moonsociety.org The Moon Society] where he served for a time on the board of directors. | |||
He is presently vice president for business development for [http://masten-space.com Masten Space Systems] where he hopes to be most effective in paving the way for settlement in space. | He is presently vice president for business development for [http://masten-space.com Masten Space Systems] where he hopes to be most effective in paving the way for settlement in space. | ||
He currently embraces [[neolibertarianism]] and is presently not actively participating in the | He has maintained his space industry blog, Rocketforge, since [[2003]]. | ||
==Politics== | |||
Michael Mealling was recruited into the [[Libertarian Party]] by the late [[Ron Crickenburger]] in [[1989]] or [[1990]] while at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. | |||
He served for one election cycle on the [[Libertarian Party of Georgia]] state executive committee, but became discouraged after realizing the amounts of money required to make an impact and especially discouraged about the idea of repairing the United States. | |||
He currently embraces the philosophy of [[neolibertarianism]] and is presently not actively participating in the Libertarian Party over differences on the war issue. | |||
He is a proponent of classical educational systems. | He is a proponent of classical educational systems. | ||
==Internet== | |||
He has had extensive work and experience with the infrastructure of the Internet, spending 15 years at VeriSign and writing several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments RFCs]. | He has had extensive work and experience with the infrastructure of the Internet, spending 15 years at VeriSign and writing several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments RFCs]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://masten-space.com Masten Space Systems] | *[http://www.thespaceshow.com/guest.asp?q=302 10/18/2005 Space Show Interview] | ||
[http:// | *[http://rocketforge.org Rocketforge] | ||
*[http://masten-space.com Masten Space Systems] | |||
*[http://www.lunarpedia.org/index.php?title=Michael_Mealling public domain version of this article] | |||
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